New TV series based on Sci-Fi Naval manga slated for October

The official website for Arpeggio of Blue Steel - Ars Nova-, the upcoming TV anime adaptation of Ark Performance's Sci-Fi manga Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio (Arpeggio of Blue Steel) has posted the third promotional video featuring Takao, the mental model of a Takao-class cruiser of the Fleet of Fog, and key visuals for the four characters. Takao is voiced by Manami Numakura (Hibiki Ganaha in The Idolm@ster, Yurika Todo in Aikatsu!). The manga has been serialized in Shonen Gahousha's Young King Hours monthly manga magazine since September 2009. The TV anime produced by a Tokyo-based 3DCGI studio SANZIGEN (BLACK★ROCK SHOOTER, Wooser no Sono Higurashi) will premiere in Japan in October.